Greetings from the Salt Lake airport. My flight was scheduled to leave 30 minutes ago. I’m posting via my iPhone & a new app for mobile blogging.
Apparently bad weather in Vegas has shut down incoming flights. I have to wait here an hour for the next update on the conditions
Bad weather? Someone must have heard [...]

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Continue reading → Rain drop in Vegas causes airline havoc

I’m packin’ my gear now (camera, laptop and a couple of golf shirts). I’ll be landing in Vegas in time for din-din tonight and then hitting the sack resting for the PGA Show Fall Expo. I’ll be live blog-casting from the show and taking lots of photos of all the cool new golf [...]

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Continue reading → HOG world tour heading to PGA Expo in Vegas today

I’ve just added over 60 photos of the Las Vegas TPC course, “a PGA Tour experience.”
The greens sucked the day I was there so I doubt it was a “PGA Tour experience” for me. But hey, they have to maintenance the course so I understand.
I’d like to get back there when the greens are [...]

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Continue reading → TPC Las Vegas photos added

I’ve just added over 100 photos of the wonderful Jack Nicklaus designed Reflection Bay golf course to the Hooked On Golf Blog photo gallery.  Reflection Bay is located in Lake Las Vegas, a cool resort just outside of Las Vegas.
Click here to visit the Reflection Bay gallery

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Continue reading → Reflection Bay photos added

Two months ago I camped at Canyonlands National Park with my two youngest offspring (I have three). We hiked over 20 miles in the desert heat of Arches National Park and saw most of the really great arches there. That was the best time I’ve ever had at my favorite place on Earth, [...]

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Continue reading → Wall Arch collapses two months after I visited

I just booked my flights and hotel for the 2008 PGA Fall Expo in Las Vegas.  I’ll do anything to eat lasagna at my favorite Italian restaurant, Batistas. The show has a demo day and tournament on Monday the 25th (which I won’t be attending) and then the expo all day the Tuesday the [...]

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Continue reading → HOG and The Golf Space booked for Fall PGA Show

A quick post from road on the HOG world tour
Greetings from Las Vegas. Just played Reflection Bay today. The TPC of Vegas is tomorrow and then I’ll be back to HOG world headquarters for more regular golf blogging.
Natalie Gulbis’ House
I saw Natalie Gulbis’ house today. I knocked on her door to ask [...]

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Continue reading → Greetings from Vegas

I got back from my California vacation Friday night.  Yesterday I had enough time to get my stuff ready to head to Vegas today.  I’m there for 2.5 days golfing and doing some golf travel industry research for upcoming golf travel blogs I’ll be writing here.  I’ll be hanging out with my friends from [...]

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Continue reading → HOG world tour heads to Las Vegas today

Hard work really does pay off
Hats off to my very good friend Jay Flemma. He’s about the hardest working golf writer I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen dozens first hand at the many events I’ve attended. Jay’s hard work has paid off with a gig as travel writer for The Golf Channel. [...]

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Continue reading → My pal Jay’s first Golf Channel article

Would anyone in their right mind take a 2000 mile road trip instead of flying these days? Dunno - you’d have to ask someone in their right mind.
Despite the insane fuel prices, we’re going on a road trip tomorrow. Of course we have to take Vito with us, and he’s nowhere near ready for the [...]

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As many of you may know, I’ll be down in Palm Springs this Fri-Sun at the Pro Sports Team Challenge. This is an event in which the four major sports in the USA (football, basketball, hockey & baseball) are represented by four all-star players on the golf course. The main beneficiary is the four charities [...]

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Continue reading → HELP ME interview superstar athletes!

The following celebrities will be making an appearance at the Team Challenge, which I’ll be blogcasting live from, this Friday-Sunday:
Dennis Haysbert - 24, The Unit, Allstate spokesperson
Kevin Sorbo - Hercules
Flex Alexander - Actor, comedian
Joel Gretsch - Played Bobby Jones in The Legend of Bagger Vance
Gregory Itzin - President Logan in 24

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Continue reading → Added celebs to Team Challenge list

Forget golf for a moment!
Contrary to what people who frequent my many golf web sites may think, the golf course is not my favorite place to visit. That distinction belongs to Arches National Park.
Location
Arches is 239 miles southwest of my home, in South-Eastern Utah. Arches is two miles north of Moab, Utah. [...]

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Continue reading → Arches National Park - My favorite place on Earth

I’m SO tired. I hiked 20 miles in two days in the hot desert of Arches National Park. Arches National Park is my favorite place on this planet, or any other.
I’m a bit gimpy right now, because of the huge blister on my left foot.
I’m just washing all the sand out of [...]

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Continue reading → Back from Arches National Park

This is an automated post. If you’re reading this today (”Day one” Thursday the 21st) between the hours of 8am-1pm Eastern Time, I’m on the road driving South. If you’re reading between 1pm-6pm I’m at The Ledges (pictured below).
This Winter here has been brutal to say the least. The courses in Salt [...]

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Continue reading → HOG hits the road for the first time in 2008

This is an automated post.
Today I’m on the plane from the frozen tundra of Salt Lake, to the warmth of Orlando and the 2008 PGA Merchandise show. My blog is automatically posting this note while I travel.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday the 17th) I’ll be BLOGGING LIVE FROM THE PGA SHOW for three straight days. [...]

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Continue reading → Headed off to the 2008 PGA Show

SPECIAL SECTION!
2007 Masters Blog

Augusta & Masters Photos
2007 Masters Finish
2007 Masters Sunday Blog
Fuzzy Zoeller F-Bomb
2007 Masters Saturday
2007 Masters Sunday Pairings
Masters.org Sunday Coverage
2007 Masters Friday Carnage
2007 Masters Thursday!
Arnie starts, I cry
Mark O’Meara Wins Par 3
2007 Masters Photos!
Thurs & Fri Pairings
Palmer ceremonial starter
Phil Mickelson’s Club Setup
Vote for your favorite hole
Augusta National Score Card
Masters Blogger Leaderboard
Masters.org Tuesday
Masters [...]

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Continue reading → 2007 Masters Time Capsule

Today is the last day of 2007. I’m going through the year’s posts and highlighting by month, some of the best subjects of the year.
January 2007
January 2007 saw me at my first PGA Merchandise Show and I got a ton of hits, comments and thousands of video views of my interviews. I even [...]

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Continue reading → 2007 HOG Time Capsule

Donald Trump’s plan to build a mega golf resort in Aberdeenshire Scotland has been rejected….er, a… Trumped.
A couple of reasons included the worry that Aberdeenshire’s coastline would be compromised by the construction of the course and the housing development which would accompany it. Another political/business conflict was that some of the land was owned [...]

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Continue reading → Trump Trumped in Scotland

I’m on vacation for a few days. I’m staying at the amazing Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. I’m poolside, golf blogging. Here’s a shot I took this morning.

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Continue reading → Greetings from Wynn Las Vegas

When I used to think of New Mexico a few things came to mind. I’d think of nuclear testing and Indian reservations. I’d mostly think of Roswell, where the alien ship crashed in 1947. Golf certainly wasn’t on the radar, alien or domestic.
No longer do I think of aliens when I considering [...]

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Continue reading → Black Mesa Golf Course Review

Woa. My coffee this morning is about 10x as strong as normal! WOOOOOO.
I’ve got a few new golf/media/blog friends as a result of my recent golf blog travels and adventures. I’m going to feature each one of them in posts over the next little while.

Redanman
Redanman is a “golf course rater.” He [...]

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Continue reading → Meet Redanman

Black Mesa Day 2
It’s 1:30am. Just got back from a local Pueblo Indian casino. We had some great steaks for dinner and I won $45 playing blackjack. I need to hit the hay for my early flight back home but I had to post this video nugget from today first.
My pal Kevin [...]

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Continue reading → Black Mesa Shot Of The Day

Jay Flemma and I discuss Black Mesa while on the way to our round there:

Jay does a play by play as I make a near impossible chip on #16 at Black Mesa:

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Continue reading → Black Mesa Videos

As I mentioned in the last post, I’m headed to Santa Fe today.
I’ll check in when I get settled in to the “lodge” there…

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Continue reading → Travel Day

Here’s a neat, compact set of four clubs by Short Game Travel Clubs, Inc. The 4-in-ONE short game set shrinks down into a small briefcase sized package which can be taken on the road for those business travelers who want to swing a club in their hotel room. Included with the 4-in-ONE short [...]

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Continue reading → 4-in-ONE short game travel club set

This is the 2nd post in my series of Mazda Blogger Retreat related articles. As a byproduct of being hosted by my great friends at Mazda, I had the privilege of staying three days at the Bernardus Inn and Winery in Carmel, California. That privilege included enjoying all of the wonderful services, amenities, [...]

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Continue reading → Bernardus Lodge & Winery Review

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Continue reading → Mazda Blogger Retreat Video Highlights

Mazda Blogger Retreat
I just got back from a great trip to Monterey and Carmel California, courtesy of my new best friends at Mazda. They and their PR experts are realizing the great reach from the “underground” world we bloggers really have. Mazda invited a handful of “lifestyle” bloggers for the weekend to [...]

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Continue reading → Mazda MX-5 Miata Review

My clubs made it back…. Delta delivered them about 16 hours after I returned from my trip…
I’m relieved.

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Continue reading → My clubs are back

Wow…. What an amazing trip I just got back from, courtesy of my new friends at Mazda. I’ve got SO much material to go through and I’m going to be posting a TON of pictures and video soon. My new blogger and Mazda friends were a great crowd to hang with for [...]

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Continue reading → I’m back from Monterey, but my clubs aren’t

6:55am
New HOG category added! TRAVEL
I’ve got a spare minute or two to check in from my blogger retreat in Monterey. I’ve been having a great time here with a bunch of other bloggers, including Ed from The Golf Blog and Chris from Eagle, Par, Birdie.

My friends from Mazda gave me an MX-5 to [...]

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Continue reading → Checking in from the road